Comments on: Welcome to Shot of Prevention from Amy Pisani

By: Lisa Randall

Lisa Randall — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:38:13 +0000

This is great. I’m encouraged by observing that a lot of people do seem to understand that avoiding vaccination introduces its own serious risks (see, e.g., http://www.dooce.com/2009/04/07/word-or-two-about-vaccinations), but the 1180 comments on that segment indicate at the same time that there’s a long way to go in clearing up public confusion and fears around vaccines.

By: Amy Pisani

Amy Pisani — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:58:39 +0000

Thanks for your comment.

The year 2000 was right around the time when all the misinformation started about thimerosal and I was concerned as anyone about mercury in vaccines. Luckily I had access to the information on the studies that were conducted that disproved the theories about autism. It was a confusing time period, but now that so much research has been conducted on vaccines and autism I think parents who have access to research will be able to make the right decisions for their families.

My son did fully recover from his flu hospitalization and he got his vaccine the minute they made it available to his age group. Thankfully now it is available to children as young as six months of age. There is still so much misinformation out there about seasonal and h1n1 flu – I hope parents can see around it and will protect their children.

By: Larry Weiner

Larry Weiner — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:30:43 +0000

Thank you for your work in vaccine advocacy. I was pretty outraged when a local TV News station in Dallas ran a hatchet job on vaccines around the time my daughter was born, also in 2000.

You mentioned that your son was hospitalized. Did he recover fully?

By: Squillo

Squillo — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:49:15 +0000

Echoing Dawn’s congratulations on launching this much-needed resource.

By: Dawn A Crawford

Dawn A Crawford — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:44:44 +0000

Congratulations on the launch of the blog!! This is going to be a valuable piece of real estate on the internet for credible information about childhood vaccines. I’m excited to follow along on the journey!